This is a new story I wrote, while watching something else. I suppose if I tell you what that was, then you'll know. Please read and review! If you confused at a point at all, I promise it makes sense in the end.
It's a hot stuffy courtroom. Even though it's September, it feels like the peak of July. People have made fans out of spare paper in their pockets and purses.
Marissa Cooper sits next to her lawyer, Sanford Cohen, as the jurors file back in. She is not yet eighteen, but she is being tried as an adult. Attempted Homicide of Trey Atwood. It will haunt her forever, whether she is found guilty or not, but all she hopes is that she can get through the next few minutes.
Julie Cooper sits behind her daughter, and the wooden fence. She is squeezing her ex-husband's, James Cooper's, hand. Fearful of losing everything, she huddles closer to Jimmy. He wraps an arm around her, and takes a quick glance at his second daughter, Kaitlin, then to Julie, and back to Marissa. It lingers there only for a moment before looking to the three jurors sitting down.
Sanford Cohen looks over at his client, his ex-neighbor, his son's girlfriend, and closes his eyes for a second. He prays for the girl, terrified of the ramifications if they lost. His whole universe was already cracking. He doesn't need more. He has tried his hardest, but now it is all left to Juror Number One, a thirty-something homemaker, to read the verdict.
Kirsten Cohen looks at nothing but the back of her husband. Sober now for a month and a half, she feels the need for a drink. She resists it, and holds the hands of her two boys for support.
Ryan Atwood has lost all feelings. He looks from his brother to the jurors to his girlfriend. His head has been aching all day, and a light flutter comes over his eyes. For a second he cannot see and begins to panic more. But just as it is there, it is gone. And he goes back to looking at his brother, the jurors and finally back to Marissa.
Summer Roberts begins to get antsy. The tension has gotten to her. Her best friend could go to jail, and she's worried about her hair frizzing out. No doubt that Marissa and the trial is the foremost thing in her mind, but she feels bad to think about something so trivial as hair. Her whole friendship with Marissa flashes in front of her, and a tear escapes her eye.
Seth Cohen feels lost. His girlfriend and mother are both falling apart. He can feel it through their hands. Summer's slightly shakes, while his mother squeezes for reassurance. He wants it to be over. Go back to the beginning. When everything was sane. He, Ryan, and Marissa were best friends. Summer didn't know him. He never ran away. His mother wasn't an alcoholic. Trey never returned. Marissa never shot Trey.
Marissa Cooper feels like screaming. The pressure is too intense. The last juror sits down. The judge says something. She nor Ryan understand it.
The juror rises.
Marissa Cooper prays.
Julie and James Cooper bow their heads.
Sanford Cohen holds his breath.
Kirsten Cohen does the same.
Ryan Atwood stares forward.
Summer Roberts falls apart in Seth's shoulder.
Seth Cohen consoles her.
The prosecution and defense rise.
Marissa Cooper can barely stand up.
Trey Atwood smirks.
Sanford Cohen takes a quick glance at Kirsten.
She understands.
Juror Number One reads:
"We, the jury, find the defendant, Marissa Cooper, not guilty."
I hope you liked that, that's just the prologue. Please read and review, I enjoy them. I will try to update my other stories sometime...